Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
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The Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle, known for sponsorship purposes as the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle, is a Premier Handicap National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and ½ furlong (2 miles and 87 yards, or 3,298 metres), and during its running there are eight hurdles to be jumped. It is a handicap race for juvenile hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March.
Premier Handicap race | |
Location | Cheltenham Racecourse Cheltenham, England |
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Inaugurated | 2005 |
Race type | Hurdle race |
Sponsor | Boodles |
Website | Cheltenham |
Race information | |
Distance | 2m 87y (3,298 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Four-year-olds |
Weight | Handicap |
Purse | £80,000 (2024) 1st: £45,016 |
2023 | ||
Jazzy Matty | Byker | Risk Belle |
2010-2005 | ||
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2010 | ||
Sanctuaire | Notus De La Tour | Orsippus |
2009 | ||
Silk Affair | Ski Sunday | Saticon |
2008 | ||
Crack Away Jack | Ashkazar | Grand Schlem |
2007 | ||
Gaspara | Altilhar | Laustra Bad |
The event is named in memory of Fred Winter (1926–2004), who was successful as both a jockey and a trainer in National Hunt racing. Winter's record at the Cheltenham Festival included seventeen victories as a jockey, and twenty-eight as a trainer.
The Fred Winter Juvenile Hurdle was one of several new races introduced at the Festival when a fourth day was added to the meeting in 2005. It was initially classed at Listed level, and it was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2009. The race was re-classified as a Premier Handicap from the 2023 running when Grade 3 status was renamed by the British Horseracing Authority.[1]